Verndog, We have armed response police but most our police carry pepper spray and tazers.Now there are alot of gangs in the city's that carry illegal gun as a fashion statement.
Things are getting worse,I live in a small town on the east coast of England,in July a mate of mine who lives 10min walk from my house was met in his back garden by 3masked robbers who put a sawn-off shotgun in his face tied him up and his wife and daughter then went round his house looking for money,they took a small amount of cash and a lap top but the main thing was the damage they left them with, scared of there own shadows.
Low life scum,they left DNA so just waiting for them to be caught for something else there are quite a few people who would like to meet them if you know what I mean.